Senate roll call 260 · 34th Congress · Aug 16, 1856
To amend H.R. 315, by providing to adjust and pay the claims of edward h. Cormick and albert c. Ramsey due to abrogation of their contracts to carry mail on the
On Aug 16, 1856, the Senate voted 19–18 (HR 315). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 3–17, Others 16–1. 3 members voted against their own party.
During the 34th Congress (1855–1856), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Aug 16, 1856
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others16 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Wallace Jones D-IA voted yes
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL voted yes
- Stephen Adams D-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lafayette Sabine Foster O-CT
- John Middleton Clayton O-DE
- George Wallace Jones D-IA
- James Harlan O-IA
- Lyman Trumbull D-IL
- John Burton Thompson O-KY
- John Jordan Crittenden O-KY
- Henry Wilson O-MA
- Henry Sheffie Geyer O-MO
- Stephen Adams D-MS
- James Bell O-NH
- Hamilton Fish O-NY
- William Henry Seward O-NY
- Benjamin Franklin Wade O-OH
- James Chamberlain Jones O-TN
- Samuel Houston O-TX
- Jacob Collamer O-VT
- Solomon Foot O-VT
- Charles Durkee O-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Clement Claiborne Clay Jr. D-AL
- William King Sebastian D-AR
- John B. Weller D-CA
- James Asheton Bayard Jr. D-DE
- David Levy Yulee D-FL
- Alfred Iverson Sr. D-GA
- John Slidell D-LA
- James Alfred Pearce O-MD
- Asa Biggs D-NC
- David Settle Reid D-NC
- William Wright D-NJ
- George Ellis Pugh D-OH
- Richard Brodhead D-PA
- William Bigler D-PA
- Philip Allen D-RI
- James Murray Mason D-VA
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter D-VA
- Henry Dodge D-WI
Did not vote
- Benjamin Fitzpatrick D-AL
- Robert Ward Johnson D-AR
- William McKendree Gwin D-CA
- Isaac Toucey D-CT
- Joseph Parsons Comegys O-DE
- Stephen Russell Mallory D-FL
- Robert Augustus Toombs D-GA
- Stephen Arnold Douglas D-IL
- Graham Newell Fitch D-IN
- Jesse David Bright D-IN
- Judah Philip Benjamin O-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas George Pratt O-MD
- Amos Nourse R-ME
- Hannibal Hamlin D-ME
- William Pitt Fessenden O-ME
- Charles Edward Stuart D-MI
- Lewis Cass D-MI
- James Stephen Green D-MO
- Albert Gallatin Brown D-MS
- John Parker Hale O-NH
- John Renshaw Thomson D-NJ
- Charles Tillinghast James D-RI
- Andrew Pickens Butler D-SC
- Josiah James Evans D-SC
- John Bell O-TN
- Thomas Jefferson Rusk D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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